AKRON – Gordon L. Groninger, 87, Akron, died at 9:55 a.m. Oct. 4, 2013, at his residence.

Willean ‘Billie’ Beard SYRACUSE – Willean “Billie” Beard, 79, of Winona Lake, formerly of Syracuse, died July 20, 2012 at Grace Village Retirement Community. Arrangements are pending at the Eastlund Funeral Home.

NAPPANEE – Chester Frenger Jr., 87, of 7873 E. Cherokee Road, Syracuse, died at 9:30 a.m. April 12, 2011, in Elkhart General Hospital, after a short illness.

Russell Bailey, 73, Warsaw, passed away at 7:25 p.m. Jan. 23, 2015, in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Keith W. Leverenz, 77, of Warsaw, passed away at 7:50 p.m. Jan. 4, 2013, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

PIERCETON – Richard E. Banks, 65, of Pierceton, died at 11:30 a.m.  Nov. 19, 2011, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Gerald C. Carlin, 86, of North Manchester, and formerly of Warsaw, died at 10:15 a.m. June 15, 2013, in Parkview Oaks Healthcare, Columbia City.

AKRON - Gloria Jean Pratt Bowen, 82, left her earthly home to be welcomed into her new heavenly home at 7:30 a.m. March 29, 2007. She had been in failing health for many years.

MISHAWAKA – Maxine Schnapp, 77, died March 8, 2012, in St. Joe Regional Medical Center, after complications from a stroke June 1. She was surrounded by her entire family.

Darlene Harper, 53, of 5439 E. CR 900S, Claypool, died at 11:14 a.m. April 26, 2012, in Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.

ANDERSON - C. Lewis Darlington, 83, of Anderson, died Aug. 3, 2008, in St. John's Health System, after an extended illness.

NAPPANEE – Carole Hoffer, 78, of 1022 Blackstone Boulevard, Nappanee, died at 2:51 p.m. June 9, 2011 at Elkhart General Hospital. NAPPANEE – Carole Hoffer, 78, of 1022 Blackstone Boulevard, Nappanee, died at 2:51 p.m. June 9, 2011 at Elkhart General Hospital.

MENTONE - Helen L. Stambaugh, 73, of 205 N. Franklin St., Mentone, died at 2:10 p.m. Jan. 28, 2009, in the Kosciusko Community Hospital Hospital emergency room.

Jack Younce, 75, of Novato, Calif., died May 29, 2008, after a battle with leukemia.

 Sarah Jane Gibbs, 34, Warsaw, daughter of Plymouth residents Howard E. and Betty P. Glaub Gibbs, passed away at her home early Dec. 20, 2014.

John Wesley Anglin, 89, died at 12:40 p.m. March 8, 2013, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw, where he resided.

GOSHEN – Dorothy R. Herring, 88, died May 15, 2015, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse, where she resided the past month.

NORTH VERNON - James D. Neff, 66, North Vernon, formerly of Kosciusko County, died Aug. 13, 2010, at his residence in North Vernon.

Karolyn P. "Pat" Stookey, 87, of Venice, Fla., died on August 17, 2013.  She was born Dec. 23, 1925, in Warsaw.

Patrick Ozzy Circle, 22, Wakarusa, died Nov. 6, 2013, in Nappanee.

SOUTH WHITLEY - J. Eloise Ulshafer, 89, of South Whitley, died at 8:10 a.m. Dec. 16, 2007, in her residence.

FORT WAYNE - Steven Fox, 59, of Fort Wayne, died Oct. 9, 2009, in Parkview North Hospital, Fort Wayne.

NAPPANEE – Carl P. Orsund, 91, Nappanee, died Nov. 10, 2014, at his residence.

Robert Christopher “Bobby” Moore, 33, died at 8:55 p.m. April 22, 2013, on E. CR 350N, Warsaw, as a result of a motorcycle accident.

ROCHESTER – Wilma Irene McGee, 83, of Kewanna,  died at 1:37 a.m. Oct. 21, 2012, in Hickory Creek, Rochester.